🌱 Shirley-Mastic Daily: Refusing To Wear Masks At Dairy Queen

Happy Friday, people of Shirley-Mastic! Here's everything you need to know about what's happening around Shirley-Mastic today.

First, today's weather:

Periods of sun. High: 59 Low: 39.

Here are the top four stories today in Shirley-Mastic:

1. The owners of Dairy Queen in Medford said they were forced to close the dining room after guests repeatedly harassed staff for asking them to wear masks, a day after the state-wide mandate went into effect. The business owner said customers were rude and abusive. (Patch)
2. Suffolk Police Acting Police Commissioner Stuart Cameron will step down from his post in May after 37 years with the department. Retiring NYPD Chief of Department Rodney Harrison has been selected by Steve Bellone to take over. (Patch)
3. A new urban wear and sneaker store opened in Coram, that sources hard-to-find sneakers and merchandise. The Hype Long Island is at 1879 Route 112. (Patch)
4. Riverhead Police identified a man killed in Wednesday’s crash at the intersection of Reeves and Horton avenues in Riverhead: 85-year-old Patrick Welby of Calverton. (RiverheadLOCAL)

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Today in Shirley-Mastic:

• Advanced Orthopedics, a Division of Precision Care, East Patchogue, is holding a Holiday Winter Drive for new or gently used hats, gloves, socks or scarves for two local charities.
• Ugly Sweater Party! Mastics-Moriches-Shirley Community Library, 6 p.m.

From my notebook:

• Robert J. Vecchio, president of the William Floyd Board of Education, attended his final meeting. He will begin a position as the next executive director of the Nassau-Suffolk School Boards Association. (Patch)
• William Floyd High School junior Kimberlyn David was chosen as the second-place winner in the Optimum/Univision Hispanic Heritage Month essay contest for her essay "His Spirit Lives Inside the Firefly," about her grandfather. (Patch)
• Medford native and longtime WBAB radio DJ Keith Fingers retired. He was the host of the heavy metal program "Fingers Metal Shop." (Subscription: Newsday)

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